Our timeline
1991: While living in a rural village in Tak province, Raimund receives his calling into the Christian mission: "Help the poor out of poverty and let them understand spiritual truths."The first Bible study groups focus on how to apply biblical wisdom to everyday life.1
1992: The mission works need funding. A deodorant stone manufacturing unit exports to Europe and the USA to generate income and funding for the mission work.
1993: A traditional women-waving group provides income for poor villagers.
1995: More small projects, like, clay pottery and wood furniture production and export, follow.
1998: BURMESE MIGRANTS
Challenges: Burmese migrants in the slums of Maesot have no opportunity to receive needed education and have difficulty finding suitable work.
Solution: We register a Christian Burmese migrant school in the border town of Maesot, Thailand. About 150 migrant children from the infamous Burmese slum environment receive essential Christian and academic education.
2007: TAK CHILDREN'S HOME
Challenges: Some children grow up in extreme poverty and are in grave danger of being exploited and mistreated.
Solution: We open a Christian children's home in Tak, Thailand. About twenty children with challenging backgrounds find refuge, love, and training.
2007: IU MIEN HIGHLANDER COMMUNITY
Challenges: A Iu Mien highlander community in Chiang Rai province (in the infamous Golden Triangle) suffers heavily from drug abuse, drug trade, and related crimes. Especially children and teens became targets of unscrupulous criminals.
Solution: We establish a Christian congregation with Sunday School and daily after-school supervision in north Thailand's infamous Golden Triangle.Up to 60 children and teens received daily training and counsel. As of 2020, most of the children and teens in the village are drug-free. As a result, even non-Christian parents send their children to the Avoda evening training.
2012: ESTABLISHING THE AVODA FOUNDATION
2022: ACUTE HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION
Challenges: The civil war in Myanmar forces hundreds of Thousands of Burmese to flee for their lives. Many refugees hide along the Thai-Myanmar border. Because of their illegal status, refugees cannot seek legal work and income. The results are devastating, as most refugees suffer from hunger and malnutrition.
Solution: The Avoda Foundation distributes free food aid to suffering refugees. Avoda has been distributing food to those in need since 2022, reaching over 61,810 individuals to date with healthy food aid.